This is a collection of outtakes and various tunes stretching back to the 1990’s. 

Listening back after a few years made me think it would be worth putting an album together otherwise they will never get heard !

Hope you enjoy them...

Thanks to the following for their help in getting these tunes together.
Wes Maebe mixing all tracks apart from 6,8 and 10 who were mixed by Carsten Moss.

Martin Johnson drums on all tracks apart from 2,3,4 who is James Sedge.

Steve Kara playing various on 'Thrown Under The Bus'...
Shamisen
Electric Shamisen with flanged tremolo
Electric Sitar
Chikari strings High and Middle
tabla
Sitouki
Sitar
Sitar harp
Santoor
Indian flutes
Sarod
Tambura
Swar Mandal
Electric guitar
G&B bender guitaron


Jason How guitars vocals and keyboards on all songs.

All songs by Jason How
www.jasonhow.com

Side 1
Beautiful Girl (2011)
Straight up love song about well you know... :)
You’re Far Too Mott The Hoople (2020)
All about a mate of mine Steve who was stuck in the 1970's.... 
Cosmic Sun (2011)
Psychedelic rubbish about nothing much apart from some words that sound good together...
Pinstripes (2020)
The London Canary Wharf lot during lockdown...
Count Me In (2019)
Love song number 2..... featuring some wah and Hammond!
Emily (2015)
About a girl I knew in the 1980's..... buying records and going to see bands!

Side 2
Thank Your Lucky Stars (2019)
No idea but liked the tune...
Strawberry Girl (2022)
Yep just liked the title so made up a tune around it...
Police State (2018)
Speaks for itself....
Symmetry (1997)
Nice tune written in the 1990's that I wanted to put on my first solo album 'The Tall English Sun' but never thought fitted.... bit twee... but like the chorus !
Thrown Under The Bus (2020)
All about how you are being screwed.... written during the lockdown in 2020.

Release date:
16 January 2025

Herbaceous Borders (Side 1)

Jason How